Maximilian Droege open shipped 273,000 and found a caller in Vadim Rozin on the big blind. The two players turned over their hands and Droege would be at risk of elimination.
Maximilian Droege:
Vadim Rozin: [10k10c]
The flop came down , spiking the ace for Droege and putting him in front. A on the turn and on the river changed nothing as Droege secured a double up through tournament leader.
The board read and Kenneth Luther checked from the small blind position to Vadim Rozin in late position who bet 140,000 into a pot around 160,000.
Luther made the call and the dealer flipped a on the turn. Luther moved all in and Rozin announced call before his opponent could even push his chips into the middle.
Luther tabled for a turned pair of kings and would be drawing dead when Rozin tabled for a flop set. Rozin eliminated Luther out in 16th place and catapulted his stack over the two million mark, extending his chip lead even further.
Steven Calvaneso opened to 21,000 from the cutoff, Jason James made the call from the big blind and the dealer fanned out on the flop.
James check-called a bet of 25,000 from Calvaneso and the came down on the turn. James checked to Calvaneso who quickly moved all in for 181,000 and after several moments of thought James mucked his hand, giving up the pot to Calvaneso.
Barry Kruger opened to 24,000 from under the gun, Brian Ballentine ripped his stack in for 209,000 and action was on Kruger who took quite some time before throwing his cards into the muck, giving the pot to Ballentine.
Jason James opened to 24,000, Thomas Babiarz made the call and the dealer turned over [kxqx3] on the flop. Action checked to James who put in a bet of 24,000, Babiarz check-raised to 60,000 and James made the call.
An landed on the turn, Babiarz moved all in for around 300,000 and James snap-called. Babiarz tabled for two pair and was disgusted when he saw the cards of James who flipped over , giving him a higher two pair on the turn.
The river was a brick as James scooped in the pot, eliminating Babiarz from the tournament and drawing himself close to the one million chip mark.
Charles Homick moved all in from the cutoff for 145,000 and Vadim Rozin made the call from the button, players turned over their hands with Homick at risk.
Vadim Rozin:
Charles Homick:
The board ran out and Rozin's king kicker played, eliminating Homick from the tournament and adding to his chip lead.